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GLOSSARY OF SYMBOLIC TERMS – TAROT CARDS

Word or ExpressionMeaning or Definition
ANGEL1. Raphael, angel of air. Symbol of the superconscious (Key 6)
2. Michael, angel of fire and sun (Key 14)
3. Gabriel, angel of water (Key 20)
ANKHEgyptian symbol of life, generation; combines the masculine and feminine.
(Key 4)
ANUBISJackal-headed Egyptian god representing the evolution of consciousness from lower to higher levels.
Also the Egyptian equivalent of Hermes or Mercury, signifying self-consciousness, intellectuality. (Key 10)
BANNER (also STANDARD or FLAG)Betokens freedom from material bonds; action, vibration.
Carried in the left hand, it indicates that control of vibration has passed from the right hand (self-consciousness) to the left (subconsciousness) and has become automatic. (Keys 10, 13, 19, 20)
BULLSign of Taurus in Astrology. Assigned to the suit of Pentacles to indicate they are of the element earth
BUTTERFLYSymbol of the immortality of the soul and of the element air. Knight, Queen, and King of Swords show butterflies in the designs of their cards.

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